Deadpool 2 to Team Weasel and Dopinder on a Mission?

Deadpool 2 to Team Weasel and Dopinder on a Mission?

It seems that two of Deadpool’s good friends will team up on their own in the sequel Deadpool 2. While promoting The Emoji Movie, in theaters July 28, T.J. Miller, who portrayed Weasel in the original Deadpool and will return for the sequel, revealed in a new interview that there may be a story that brings him together with Dopinder (Karan Soni), the cab driver Deadpool befriended and confided in during the first movie. Here’s what T.J. Miller had to say, also confirming that filming is slated to begin this August.

“We’re shooting in August and September and it’s going to be even more Weaselicious. The cab driver, Karan Soni, and Weasel have a pretty funny storyline, which I’m not positive is going to be in [the movie], but they were talking about it and it was really making me laugh. And I like him, I did Office Christmas Party with him, and he’s very funny, very quick and so, because we didn’t cross paths in the original film. So y’know [fans can expect] stuff like that. I think they’re really building out the world and deciding kind of what’s next.”

While it has already been confirmed that production is under way, with Ryan Reynolds sending out the first photo from the set with Deadpool stopping by the X-Mansion, it seems that T.J. Miller won’t start his portion of filming until August, as revealed in the actor’s interview with Screen Rant. Filming is expected to last until October, with 20th Century Fox setting a June 1, 2018 release date. As of now, the superhero sequel has no direct competition, but it will arrive a week after the highly-anticipated Han Solo: A Star Wars Story on May 25, and a week before Ocean’s Eight and Transformers 6.

Ryan Reynolds returns to star as the Merc With the Mouth alongside T.J. Miller as Weasel and Karan Soni as Dopinder the cab driver. New cast members include Josh Brolin as the iconic character Cable, who was confirmed to be introduced in the sequel in the Deadpool post-credits scene, which was inspired by the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off iconic post-credits scene. Jack Kesy has also signed on to play the new villain, who may or may not be Black Tom, while newcomer Zazie Beetz has signed on to play Domino. With production now under way, it remains to be seen if any other new cast members or characters will be confirmed in the weeks and months ahead.

David Leitch (John Wick, Atomic Blonde) has taken over the directing duties from the departing Tim Miller, who directed the original Deadpool which broke box office records. The original movie earned a record-breaking $132.4 million in its opening weekend, the highest debut ever for an R-rated movie, en route to $363 million domestic and $783.4 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing R-rated movie in history. Whether or not the sequel can replicate that kind of success remains to be seen, but the sequel did bring back original Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to write the script. Hopefully we’ll have more updates on Deadpool 2 as production continues.

Watch the first full trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther

Watch the first full trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther

The first full trailer for Marvel’s Black Panther is here, and it gives us a better look at the world of Wakanda, where T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) is the newly crowned king. In the trailer, we see Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), as he attempts to dethrone the Black Panther, plus lots of slow-motion, aerial views, and tight spandex. Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o) reminds the Black Panther, “You get to decide what kind of king you are going to be.”

Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther is a highly anticipated addition to Marvel’s cinematic slate, and it’s the first Marvel film to feature a predominately black cast.

Justice League Star Announces ‘Flash Week’

Justice League Star Announces ‘Flash Week’

With Justice League approaching its release, ‘The Flash’ week is now underway. While fans have already had a whole movie each featuring Wonder Woman and Superman and saw the two join forces with Batman last year, the other members of the Justice League aren’t quite as familiar. Out of all of them, however, The Flash is the best known. Even before his hit TV show on The CW, The Flash has long been one of DC’s most popular character.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad both featured cameos from Ezra Miller as The Flash, and Barry Allen has gotten plenty of screen time in the Justice League trailers so far; and for those who have seen the movie, he’s apparently one of Justice League‘s best parts. Still, Warner Bros and DC want to make sure audiences know what separates this take on the hero from the one who’s been on The CW for years. As such, this week’s Justice League ad campaign is all about the Scarlet Speedster.

Justice League is kicking off ‘Flash Week’ today, with a new video featuring Miller. All week, new content will arrive focusing on Barry Allen, including new footage from the film. You can watch said announcement clip with Miller, below:

Last week, Justice League put the spotlight on Aquaman, revealing new footage of him in the film along with commentary from Jason Momoa. ‘Flash Week’ is starting even earlier this week, so we should get even more from the hero and his actor. While Aquaman will get his own solo film next year, WB and DC have yet to announce an official release date for The Flash’s solo movie, Flashpoint. Hopefully, Justice League will help sell fans on Miller’s character and increase anticipation for the solo adventure.

As we await more insight on The Flash, the marketing for Justice League has continued to offer promos, new footage, and interviews with the cast. So far, we learned about the weaknesses of each Justice League member. Though they seem god-like, they do have individual shortcomings. We also learned how Cyborg’s origin will differ from the comics. Like Aquaman and The Flash, he will get more time in the spotlight soon (and considering he’s nowhere near as well-known, he’ll certainly need it). In the meantime, stay tuned as more information on The Flash in Justice League is revealed.

Jigsaw Trailer Recaps The Saw Franchise

Jigsaw Trailer Recaps The Saw Franchise

A new trailer for Jigsaw gives fans and newcomers alike a refresher course on the series so far. The Saw franchise was a staple for horror fans every Halloween in the mid to late 2000s, until the series seemingly called it quits with The Final Chapter back in 2010. The Saw movies revolved around the exploits of John Kramer, a man diagnosed with a terminal illness who decides to use the time he has left to kidnap victims and test them to see how much they value their lives.

He would place inside vicious, themed traps, where they would usually have to shed some blood – or limbs – to survive; most of them didn’t. The series is one of the few horror franchises that paid close attention to continuity, with each sequel building on characters and plot revelations from the previous entry. By the time the series reached part seven, though, the story had gotten too convoluted for many, and it felt like Saw had run out of steam by the time The Final Chapter opened in theaters.

Jigsaw aims to revive the series once more, and a new trailer has appeared that quickly recaps the first seven Saw movies, and explains Kramer’s motivations and philosophy. The new sequel follows a fresh batch of victims being tested – and tormented – by the legendary Jigsaw… which should be impossible, since John Kramer died in Saw III.

It will be interesting to see if Jigsaw does well, since audiences seemed burnt out on the series back when The Final Chapter was released. The Saw franchise belongs to an era of horror commonly known as “torture porn”, which typically featured victims being graphically tortured and dismembered. Other movies from this subgenre including the Hostel films, The Collector and Wolf Creek; and while they proved profitable for a few years, their inherent nastiness soon turned most viewers off.

The original Saw was actually more of a taut thriller with little in the way of gore, and this new entry appears to be playing up the mystery of who exactly is behind the new tests. Jigsaw may have also lucked out in terms of timing since horror is experiencing a real boon right now. IT is now one of the highest grossing horror movies of all time, and Blumhouse is having a great year thanks to films like Happy Death Day, Split and Get Out.

With Pennywise emerging as a new horror icon, and the forthcoming Halloween reboot bringing Michael Myers back to life, maybe there’s room after all for Jigsaw in the modern horror scene.